1987 Kansas City Royals Statistics

1986 Season 1988 Season

Record: 83-79-0, Finished 2nd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Billy Gardner (62-64) and John Wathan (21-15)

Scouting Director: Art Stewart

Ballpark: Royals Stadium

Attendance: 2,392,471 (4th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 84-78, 715 Runs, 691 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jamie Quirk*	32	109	334	296	24	70	17	0	5	33	1	0	28	56	.236	.307	.345	.652	72	102	8	4	2	4	1
2	1B	George Brett*	34	115	508	427	71	124	18	2	22	78	6	3	72	47	.290	.388	.496	.884	131	212	10	1	0	8	14
3	2B	Frank White	36	154	624	563	67	138	32	2	17	78	1	3	51	86	.245	.308	.400	.708	85	225	16	2	4	4	5
4	SS	Angel Salazar	25	116	332	317	24	65	7	0	2	21	4	4	6	46	.205	.219	.246	.465	23	78	6	0	8	1	0
5	3B	Kevin Seitzer	25	161	725	641	105	207	33	8	15	83	12	7	80	85	.323	.399	.470	.869	128	301	18	2	1	1	0
6	LF	Bo Jackson	24	116	434	396	46	93	17	2	22	53	10	4	30	158	.235	.296	.455	.750	94	180	3	5	1	2	0
7	CF	Willie Wilson#	31	146	653	610	97	170	18	15	4	30	59	11	32	88	.279	.320	.377	.698	83	230	9	6	4	1	2
8	RF	Danny Tartabull	24	158	667	582	95	180	27	3	34	101	9	4	79	136	.309	.390	.541	.931	142	315	14	1	0	5	2
9	DH	Steve Balboni	30	121	425	386	44	80	11	1	24	60	0	0	34	97	.207	.273	.427	.700	81	165	11	2	0	3	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	LF	Lonnie Smith	31	48	197	167	26	42	7	1	3	8	9	4	24	31	.251	.355	.359	.715	89	60	1	4	0	2	0
11	UT	Juan Beniquez	37	57	190	174	14	41	7	0	3	26	0	0	11	26	.236	.282	.328	.610	60	57	9	1	2	2	1
12	C	Larry Owen	32	76	188	164	17	31	6	0	5	14	0	0	16	51	.189	.260	.317	.577	51	52	5	0	7	1	0
13	SS	Bill Pecota	27	66	172	156	22	43	5	1	3	14	5	0	15	25	.276	.343	.378	.721	90	59	3	1	0	0	0
14	OF	Thad Bosley*	30	80	152	140	13	39	6	1	1	16	0	0	9	26	.279	.318	.357	.675	78	50	2	0	1	2	2
15	SS	Ross Jones	27	39	124	114	10	29	4	2	0	10	1	0	5	15	.254	.285	.325	.609	60	37	5	1	1	3	0
16	DH	Jim Eisenreich*	28	44	115	105	10	25	8	2	4	21	1	1	7	13	.238	.278	.467	.745	92	49	2	0	0	3	2
17	LF	Gary Thurman	22	27	90	81	12	24	2	0	0	5	7	2	8	20	.296	.360	.321	.681	82	26	1	0	1	0	0
18	DH	Jorge Orta*	36	21	53	50	3	9	4	0	2	4	0	0	3	8	.180	.226	.380	.606	56	19	0	0	0	0	1
19	MI	Buddy Biancalana#	27	37	49	47	4	10	1	0	1	7	0	0	1	10	.213	.229	.298	.527	38	14	1	0	1	0	0
20	DH	Hal McRae	41	18	37	32	5	10	3	0	1	9	0	0	5	1	.313	.405	.500	.905	137	16	1	0	0	0	1
21	C	Mike Macfarlane	23	8	21	19	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	.211	.286	.263	.549	46	5	1	0	0	0	0
22	C	Ed Hearn	26	6	21	17	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	.294	.429	.412	.840	123	7	1	0	0	0	0
23	UT	Scotti Madison#	27	7	17	15	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.267	.313	.467	.779	102	7	0	0	1	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Steve Farr	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Bob Shirley	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Rick Anderson	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Bud Black*	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Bob Stoddard	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Bret Saberhagen	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Mark Gubicza	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Dave Gumpert	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Charlie Leibrandt	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Jerry Don Gleaton*	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Danny Jackson	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	John Davis	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Melido Perez	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Dan Quisenberry	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Gene Garber	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.4	162	6128	5499	715	1443	239	40	168	677	125	43	523	1034	.262	.328	.412	.740	93	2266	127	30	34	42	32
		Rank in 14 AL teams				13	14	9	12	3	12		7	1	10	11	8	9	13	11		13		11		8
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bret Saberhagen	23	18	10	.643	3.36	33	33	0	15	4	0	257.0	246	99	96	27	53	2	163	6	1	6	1048	136	3.66	1.163	8.6	0.9	1.9	5.7	3.08
2	SP	Mark Gubicza	24	13	18	.419	3.98	35	35	0	10	2	0	241.2	231	114	107	18	120	3	166	6	1	14	1036	115	4.03	1.452	8.6	0.7	4.5	6.2	1.38
3	SP	Charlie Leibrandt*	30	16	11	.593	3.41	35	35	0	8	3	0	240.1	235	104	91	23	74	2	151	1	3	9	1015	134	3.79	1.286	8.8	0.9	2.8	5.7	2.04
4	SP	Danny Jackson*	25	9	18	.333	4.02	36	34	1	11	2	0	224.0	219	115	100	11	109	1	152	7	0	5	981	114	3.71	1.464	8.8	0.4	4.4	6.1	1.39
5	SP	Bud Black*	30	8	6	.571	3.60	29	18	4	0	0	1	122.1	126	63	49	16	35	2	61	5	0	6	520	127	4.55	1.316	9.3	1.2	2.6	4.5	1.74
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Dan Quisenberry	34	4	1	.800	2.76	47	0	39	0	0	8	49.0	58	15	15	3	10	3	17	1	0	0	215	167	3.65	1.388	10.7	0.6	1.8	3.1	1.70
7	RP	Steve Farr	30	4	3	.571	4.15	47	0	19	0	0	1	91.0	97	47	42	9	44	4	88	2	0	2	408	110	3.74	1.549	9.6	0.9	4.4	8.7	2.00
8	RP	Jerry Don Gleaton*	29	4	4	.500	4.26	48	0	22	0	0	5	50.2	38	28	24	4	28	3	44	0	1	4	210	108	3.82	1.303	6.8	0.7	5.0	7.8	1.57
9	RP	John Davis	24	5	2	.714	2.27	27	0	12	0	0	2	43.2	29	13	11	0	26	4	24	2	0	2	181	203	3.70	1.260	6.0	0.0	5.4	4.9	0.92
10	RP	Bob Stoddard	30	1	3	.250	4.28	17	2	4	0	0	1	40.0	51	26	19	3	22	2	23	3	0	4	190	108	4.57	1.825	11.5	0.7	5.0	5.2	1.05
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Dave Gumpert	29	0	0		6.05	8	0	3	0	0	0	19.1	27	16	13	3	6	0	13	0	0	1	88	77	4.47	1.707	12.6	1.4	2.8	6.1	2.17
12		Gene Garber	39	0	0		2.51	13	0	12	0	0	8	14.1	13	5	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	55	186	3.78	0.977	8.2	0.6	0.6	1.9	3.00
13		Rick Anderson	30	0	2	.000	13.85	6	2	1	0	0	0	13.0	26	22	20	3	9	1	12	2	0	0	77	34	6.56	2.692	18.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	1.33
14		Melido Perez	21	1	1	.500	7.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.1	18	12	9	2	5	0	5	0	0	0	53	60	5.87	2.226	15.7	1.7	4.4	4.4	1.00
15		Bob Shirley*	33	0	0		14.73	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	10	12	12	5	6	0	1	0	0	1	37	32	13.92	2.182	12.3	6.1	7.4	1.2	0.17
		Team Totals	26.9	83	79	.512	3.86	162	162	118	44	11	26	1424.0	1424	691	610	128	548	27	923	36	6	54	6114	118	3.97	1.385	9.0	0.8	3.5	5.8	1.68
		Rank in 14 AL teams		6	9		2				2	3	12	13	3	2	2	1	9		9
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W